SHAPE MEMORY FILAMENT FOR SUTURE MANAGEMENT

摘要

A member of a rigid flexible elastic material, the member including a bod y portion and an aperture portion with the member adapted for delivery throu gh an axial longitudinal channel of a percutaneous delivery subsystem, the a perture portion including an expanded mode having a lateral dimension greate r than an inner diameter of the channel when the aperture portion extends ou tside the channel and a collapsed mode wherein the lateral dimension is not greater than the inner diameter of the channel when the aperture portion is within the channel, the channel including a first axial opening and a second axial opening with the aperture portion transitioning from the expanded mod e to the collapsed mode when inserted into the openings and the aperture tra nsitioning from the collapsed mode to the expanded mode when exiting from th e openings.